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choose clinton on boost george bush. >> guest: they were excited to get rid of 12 years of reagan-bush. you have to realize in 1992, it was economically pretty depressed. people as much as they did in 2001 at op to miss him. they wanted to turn the page. they want to see the country in a different direction. there was someone who presented the ideology is baby boomers. it seemed very natural that they would get us excited and caught up in that. >> host: in train to come read the entire time and mtv as alcohol and smoke for a committed vegetarian and a virgin. was that rare? >> guest: to have all of those things in the same person, yeah, that was pretty rare. some punk rockers would call that straight edge. there are an entire stream within the punk rock community that feel like they need control of your body is the wisest thing you can do. i did not have that sort of intention are philosophy or foresight. it just so happened i had been sober. i didn't find drugs and alcohol did anything for me. i was worried i would be something impulsive and if i were under the influence. i honestly d
choose clinton on boost george bush. >> guest: they were excited to get rid of 12 years of reagan-bush. you have to realize in 1992, it was economically pretty depressed. people as much as they did in 2001 at op to miss him. they wanted to turn the page. they want to see the country in a different direction. there was someone who presented the ideology is baby boomers. it seemed very natural that they would get us excited and caught up in that. >> host: in train to come read the...
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debut bush took them but different conflicts of different styles but if they took him to work quite quickly she could nurture more into in some ways he would beat them around the headed cannot persuade many other countries that it was worth fighting so roosevelt is the opposite this book tells the story of this incredible effort although subtle over the course of two years to build the of bipartisan domestic consensus in adults and early intervention and prepared to use other countries to feed from behind -- leave them behind and was prepared to take his time. in fact, the result was criticized almost as much to felt he was going too fast period he did it it. >> is a very clear direction but he wanted to do is no way that that the country did not into the ward / e merge united and ready for the fight. >> again and 11 came at the beginning. >> and pearl harbor helped. it totally destroyed isolationism in the united states at that time. but by then roosevelt had marginalized the bodies through the danish with the decisions and special mission. >> i have a slightly different view. the
debut bush took them but different conflicts of different styles but if they took him to work quite quickly she could nurture more into in some ways he would beat them around the headed cannot persuade many other countries that it was worth fighting so roosevelt is the opposite this book tells the story of this incredible effort although subtle over the course of two years to build the of bipartisan domestic consensus in adults and early intervention and prepared to use other countries to feed...
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people have claimed that i've paid into it, i should get back and, therefore, george bush could say, well, don't pay into it. simply give each potential -- each person a fund. you monetize your deferred compensation. it's a terrible idea. it further damages the ability of people to have a social thing. and by the way, the link to having a social wage is that it's dramatic create important for society. -- dramatically important for society. because then people start to see objectively their interests are united. you know, one of the great tricks of american history is rather than do countercyclical spending through social expenditure, countercyclical spending in america has always been done through military spending. you spend militarily to bring the economy back to life. that was the whole post-war golden age, etc. so in that sense one has to confront this idea, you know, because it was easy to do countercyclical spending with the military because it's already a hierarchical society, you know, in military encampments. but society is not hierarchical, and the more you begin to feel ob
people have claimed that i've paid into it, i should get back and, therefore, george bush could say, well, don't pay into it. simply give each potential -- each person a fund. you monetize your deferred compensation. it's a terrible idea. it further damages the ability of people to have a social thing. and by the way, the link to having a social wage is that it's dramatic create important for society. -- dramatically important for society. because then people start to see objectively their...
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heart and compare it for us in modern history, current history for example contrasted with the way george w. bush took this nation to the war. >> if president bush took america to war quite quickly and didn't nurture a bipartisan consensus in some ways he used it around for the hid. ki wasn't able to persuade other countries, many other countries with the exception of britain and a few others that it was worth fighting and so america more or less went in to hit by himself. the book tells the story of an incredible effort over the course of two years to build a domestic consensus in favor of internationalism and ultimately intervention and he was prepared to use other countries as proxy's by allowing the brits and the french. he was prepared to take this kind and roosevelt was criticized almost as much he felt he was going too fast. he felt he was going too slowly. he did it carefully and slowly. that is the reaction to the events and get. when you step back and look at the whole run there is a direction as kurt says he knew where he wanted to end up but he wanted to do it in a way that to
heart and compare it for us in modern history, current history for example contrasted with the way george w. bush took this nation to the war. >> if president bush took america to war quite quickly and didn't nurture a bipartisan consensus in some ways he used it around for the hid. ki wasn't able to persuade other countries, many other countries with the exception of britain and a few others that it was worth fighting and so america more or less went in to hit by himself. the book tells...
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george bush? "i'll tell you something. when the [skips word] hits the fan and his gang comes to me for advice, i'm not going to provide it unless they are willing to thank me publicly. neither reagan nor bush" -- this must be... >> guest: referring to clinton. c-span: ... bill clinton. "neither reagan nor bush did that after all these years of my advice and, frankly, i've had it. they'll find me when they need me, but i may not be available." did he really mean that? >> guest: i'm not sure he was referring to clinton there. he may have been referring to the bush campaign. i'm not sure. we'll have to clarify that. c-span: but there's a lot of that kind of a quote in the book... >> guest: right. c-span: ... about different politicians and the advice that they would seek from him, but they wouldn't acknowledge it publicly. what was that all about? >> guest: that's right. well, generally that was a problem with the republican presidents, because obviously there was a great political problem for them in dealing with richard nix
george bush? "i'll tell you something. when the [skips word] hits the fan and his gang comes to me for advice, i'm not going to provide it unless they are willing to thank me publicly. neither reagan nor bush" -- this must be... >> guest: referring to clinton. c-span: ... bill clinton. "neither reagan nor bush did that after all these years of my advice and, frankly, i've had it. they'll find me when they need me, but i may not be available." did he really mean that?...
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george w. bush, i have a lot of criticisms of him in my book, was summoned it was influenced by the conservative movement and had conservatives in his administration. he was not really himself a philosophical small government kind of guy. and i agree that a big problem in terms of actual conservatives winning the republican nomination is the fact : of the conservatives would be qualified or who are seen as qualified to be president come from, you know, rural districts or come from southern states. it becomes more of our regional and cultural bottle in the minds a lot of people. and i think the other problem is that frequently what ends up happening is that the conservative candid who appeals most to grassroots conservatives and the republican primary -- and here i'm just talking about presidential perry's -- tends to be the candidate, the conservative who does not have the organization or money to really go the distance in a fight with the establishment candid. the conservative who is maybe a b
george w. bush, i have a lot of criticisms of him in my book, was summoned it was influenced by the conservative movement and had conservatives in his administration. he was not really himself a philosophical small government kind of guy. and i agree that a big problem in terms of actual conservatives winning the republican nomination is the fact : of the conservatives would be qualified or who are seen as qualified to be president come from, you know, rural districts or come from southern...
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we george bush blocked loans from the inter-american development of foundation of 146 million. loans for water, education, things like that. the international republican institute arranged and organized the opposition to it. we as a country trained soldier in the dominican republic. trained and armed those rebels didn't figure in to it. the bush -- when the american soldiers arrived at the home of the president and took him off at 3:00 in the morning to the central african republican. we had to go there. maxine waters, a jamaican parliament tear, sharon hay webster, the president's lawyer flew off with a plane to rescue him and bring him back to jamaica and condoleezza rice threatened the jamie can government to make it very difficult for them. if jamaican accepted it. all because he said the minimum income ought to be raised from $1 a day to $2 a day. that the sweat shop owners essentially white in haiti combined with american authorities to get him thrown out of office. if you look at the history of american foreign aid. what we do and why we do it. it's not pretty picture. >
we george bush blocked loans from the inter-american development of foundation of 146 million. loans for water, education, things like that. the international republican institute arranged and organized the opposition to it. we as a country trained soldier in the dominican republic. trained and armed those rebels didn't figure in to it. the bush -- when the american soldiers arrived at the home of the president and took him off at 3:00 in the morning to the central african republican. we had to...